one thing i love about star wars is that even though the clone wars makes a legitimately good and admirable effort to really get across how huge and expansive the galaxy is and how many different unrelated but still important conflicts are going on at once, the Vast and Swarming criminal underworld of the entire galaxy is apparently still just like the same seven people who all know each other, have all (excluding boba) probably dated each other in varying configurations, and who collaborate on all of the same crimes. and our heroes 100% know this and are completely nonplussed by it
Padme or whoever: Oh no the Senate has uncovered a nefarious criminal plot to do some shady and bad stuff and we don’t know who is behind it
The Jedi: Oh shit ok hold on one moment let us consult our vast criminal database for clues
Help you, we cannot. Literally anybody, it could be
